Senior Technical Software Engineer (.NET)

Job Purpose

At Emirates, we believe in connecting the world, to and through, our global hub in Dubai; and in constantly innovating to ensure our customers ‘Fly Better’.

Emirates Group IT thrives on the dynamic nature of technology. Being pioneers in aviation innovation, we're always at the forefront, pushing boundaries. We're on the lookout for exceptional IT professionals to fortify our position as leaders in the industry. Embark on a journey with the worlds largest international airline and become a vital part of our cutting-edge information and technology team as Senior Technical Software Engineer.

The Senior Technical Software Engineer is a fully participating member of an agile feature team who works independently on software development and problem resolution. The role involves technical design, software development, implementation, and maintenance of software solutions/products that support the Emirates Group Business.

In This Role, You Will

• Collaborate with the team to deliver technical design, development and deployment of complex solutions within relevant product.
• Carry out effective technical design reviews to ensure that the right architecture patterns are used by the team.
• Drive the adoption of Engineering practices , implement development process automation, lean software development, built-in-quality, test driven development, agile practices, and timely root cause analysis and blameless incident post-mortems.
• Partner with cross-functional teams to determine viability of solutions.
• Evaluate current problems, future requirements and existing solutions in medium to large projects to enable high level design and drive proof-of-concepts and implement prototypes to validate ideas.
• Investigate, debug and fix complex issues involving corner cases and rare conditions.
• Support continuous improvement by investigating alternatives and new technologies and presenting these for architectural review.
• Contribute to sprint/work design and planning by providing subject matter expertise on business domain and relevant technologies and actively contribute to technology specific community of practices.
• Manage and mentor Software Engineers to allow for skill/knowledge development through advice, coaching, and training opportunities.
• Responsible for their technical deliveries and adherence to design and coding standards and practices.
• Ensure optimal use of enterprise application platforms, tools and libraries in line with the approved technology architecture.
• Responsible for corrective, adaptive, preventative and perfective maintenance of products in collaboration with other capabilities for the relevant product.
  
  

Qualification

To be considered for the role, you must meet the below requirements:

• Degree in a relevant field such as Computer Science, Computer Engineering or Software Engineering.
• 5+ years of experience in Software Engineering.
• Extensive hands-on experience with .NET technologies, including building and maintaining enterprise-grade applications.
• Strong background in full-stack development across enterprise desktop, web, and mobile applications, handling both backend and frontend responsibilities using Microsoft technology stacks.
• Proven experience working with .NET frameworks, including .NET Framework and .NET Core, in large-scale application environments.
• Advanced proficiency in C#, ASP.NET, .NET Core, Windows Forms, WPF, and UWP for enterprise application development.
• Solid experience with frontend technologies, including object-oriented HTML5, CSS, and JavaScript, for building responsive user interfaces.
• Demonstrated experience designing and developing microservices architectures and APIs using REST and SOAP protocols.
• Strong working knowledge of relational databases (such as Oracle and SQL Server) as well as non-relational databases (including Couchbase, Elasticsearch, and Cassandra).
• Hands-on experience with application performance monitoring and observability tools, particularly AppDynamics, to ensure system reliability and performance optimization.
• Proven ability to apply software design principles, patterns, and best practices in application architecture and development.
• Practical experience working within Lean and Agile development methodologies, contributing to iterative and value-driven delivery.
• Experience developing, deploying, and supporting applications on cloud platforms, preferably AWS or Microsoft Azure.
• Familiarity with Continuous Integration (CI) environments, including creating and maintaining build, configuration, and automated test scripts.
• Working knowledge or experience with enterprise integration tools such as Informatica, SnapLogic, and Solace.
• Prior exposure to HR and Finance domains is considered an added advantage.
  
  

Join the Software Engineering team, where we are hiring talented software engineers to develop and support a diverse range of applications that power the growth of Emirates Airlines and the Group. Our business interests span passenger services, airport and ground operations, crew and network operations, air cargo sales and operations, and holiday and leisure products and services on a global scale. If you are passionate about leveraging cutting-edge technologies to support diverse and large-scale operations, we invite you to apply and to contribute to the continued success and innovation at Emirates Group.

Salary & benefits

Join us in Dubai and enjoy an attractive tax-free salary and travel benefits that are exclusive to our industry, including discounts on flights and hotels stays around the world.

Find out what it’s like to live and work in our fast-paced, cosmopolitan home city in the Dubai Lifestyle section of our website www.emirates.com/careers